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ASIA: North Korea, acuerda desmantelar su proyecto nuclear

Published: September 3, 2007, 5:01 pm

Tags: Christopher Hill, Nuclear Energy, North Korea, Geneva, Russia, Usa, China, Pyongyang, Nuclear Power, Geopolitic, Swiss, Japan, South Korea, Yongbyon

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Tim Johnson in the DPRK

Published: September 29, 2007, 3:34 am

Tags: Books Movies Media, East Asia, Dprk, Korea, Mcclatchy, North Korea, Pyongyang, Tim Johnson

McClatchy’s Tim Johnson, and author of the blog, China Rises, lays his thoughts down about the DPRK in a video. For committed DPRK pundits, Johnson presents nothing new or shocking, and never really gets that far into the hermitic state or any particular place where he goes. One would think only about hundred people live in North Korea

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Limping Where Others Soared

Published: October 2, 2007, 7:52 am

Tags: East Asia, Politics, Dprk, Joint Economic Community, Kim Yong Nam, Pyongyang, Roh Moo Hyun, Rok Kim Jong Il, Summit

as Roh rode through central Pyongyang in an open limousine with Kim Yong Nam, the North’s nominal head of state but second to Kim in power. The usually drab sidewalks of Pyongyang blossomed in color as North Koreans dressed in their holiday best waved pink and red paper flowers, according to South Korean television footage from Pyongyang.

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Pyongyang’s Younger Generation

Published: October 2, 2007, 9:48 pm

Tags: Business Economy, East Asia, Politics, Brent Choi, Dprk, Joongang Daily, Kim Jong Il, Korea, Mt Geumgang, Pyongyang

U.S. forces. The guides in Pyongyang were much younger, mostly in their 30s. It seemed like a rapid generational change is under way in the North, with the older generations who survived the struggle against Japan or the Korean War, and even those who grew up under Kim Il Sung in the 1970s and 1980s being supplanted by those in their 30s and

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As Always, Optimistic and Skeptical about the Koreas

Published: October 4, 2007, 7:56 am

Tags: Business Economy, East Asia, Politics, Usa, Wmd, Beijing, China, Choi Su Hon, Chris Hill, Declaration For Advancement Of South North Korean Relat, Dprk, Human Rights, Japan, Jay Lefkowitz, Kim Jong Il, Korea, Nukes, Peace Prosperity, Pyongyang Prc, Roh Moo Hyun, Rok, Security

As usual the ball is in Pyongyang’s end of the court, and even I won’t place bets, at least not on one prediction. In Pyongyang, not even ROK President Roh Moo-hyun can get respect (and, who’s really complaining?). During the course of the media bomb, I was concerned about the inordinate attention on economic issues. Seeing

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Koreas Summit Featured Oddly Congenial Kim

Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Koreas, Summit, Featured, Oddly, Congenial, Kim, Stella Kim, Seoul, North Korea, Pyongyang, South Korea, Kim Jong Il, United States, Beijing, China, Yonsei University, The Washington Post Company, Baek Seung Joo, Kim Ki Jung, Kim Woo, Korean Peninsula, Lee Myung Bak, Roh Moo H

SEOUL, Oct. 5 -- The summit of the two Koreas served up a peculiar conversation about where a head of state might eat the best cold noodles. It served up a peculiarly detailed commitment to a first-ever joint Olympic cheering squad that will travel by train from South to North Korea and on to the...

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WORLD IN BRIEF

Published: October 13, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: World, Brief, Hamas, India, United States, George W Bush, China, France, Germany, North Korea, The Roman Catholic Church, Deutsche Bahn Ag, Beit Hanoun, Berlin, Gaza Strip, Hamburg, Jerusalem, Manmohan Singh, Munich, Pope Clement, Pyongyang, Temple, Three Gorges Dam, Israel

China plans to relocate as many as 4 million people from areas surrounding the Three Gorges Dam, the world's biggest hydroelectric power project, because of rising concerns over the environment and landslides, state media reported Friday.

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Syrians Disassembling Ruins at Site Bombed by Israel, Officials Say

Published: October 19, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Syrians, Disassembling, Ruins, Site, Bombed, Israel, Officials, Say, International Atomic Energy Agency, Syria, Israel, United States, Iran, North Korea, John Bolton, Pyongyang, Bill Clinton, Damascus, Daryl Kimball, Euphrates River, Gary Samore, Joseph Cirincione, Tehra

Syria has begun dismantling the remains of a site Israel bombed Sept. 6 in what may be an attempt to prevent the location from coming under international scrutiny, said U.S. and foreign officials familiar with the aftermath of the attack.

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Envoy Warns of N. Korea Deal Fallout

Published: October 26, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Envoy, Warns, Korea, Deal, Fallout, Bob Schieffer, North Korea, George W Bush, United States, Tokyo, Gordon Johndroe, Cbs Corporation, Capitol Hill, Christopher Hill, Condoleezza Rice, Pyongyang, The White House, Thomas Schieffer, Yasuo Fukuda, Al West Division, America

J. Thomas Schieffer, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, sent President Bush an unusual private cable this week warning that the pending nuclear deal with North Korea could harm relations with Japan. He also complained that the U.S. Embassy had been left in the dark while the deal -- which could include...

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N. Korea Shows Signs of Opening Up, After Decades of Self-Imposed Isolation

Published: November 9, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Korea, Shows, Signs, Opening, After, Decades, Self Imposed, Isolation, Christopher Hill, North Korea, Pyongyang, United States, South Korea, Seoul, Kim Jong Il, Stella Kim, China, Kfc Corporation, Africa, Middle East, Mount Baekdu, Southeast Asia, Tokyo, Yongbyon, Donggu

SEOUL -- Choi Won-ho has made six trips to North Korea in the past two years, struggling each time to convince the reclusive government there that the time was ripe for a chicken franchise.

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WORLD IN BRIEF

Published: November 9, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: World, Brief, United States, Vojislav Seselj, Chad, France, Syria, U S Army, Uh 60 Black Hawk Helicopter, Guizhou Province, Helmand Province, Damascus, Europe, Pyongyang, Afghanistan, Bosnia And Herzegovina, China, Croatia, Italy, Naval Historical Center, North Korea, Serb

North Korea expressed rare gratitude Thursday for U.S. help in ending a high-seas standoff with Somali pirates, a sign of warming ties between the longtime foes, fostered by progress on Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament.

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N. Korea Offers Evidence to Rebut Uranium Claims

Published: November 10, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Korea, Offers, Evidence, Rebut, Uranium, Claims, North Korea, Pyongyang, United States, David Albright, George W Bush, United Nations, Bill Clinton, Joseph R Detrani, Pervez Musharraf, Institute For Science And International Security, Iran, Russia

North Korea is providing evidence to the United States aimed at proving that it never intended to produce highly enriched uranium for nuclear weapons, undermining a key U.S. intelligence finding, South Korean and U.S. officials said this week.

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Japanese Premier Visits White House to Reinforce Strained Ties

Published: November 17, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Japanese, Premier, Visits, White, House, Reinforce, Strained, Ties, George W Bush, Yasuo Fukuda, The White House, Afghanistan, North Korea, United States, Maine, Indian Ocean, Pyongyang, Tokyo, Japan, Myanmar, Washington Dc

Japan's new leader made a one-day visit to Washington yesterday to shore up strained relations with the United States amid tension over dealings with North Korea and support for operations in Afghanistan.

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As More Take a Chance On Fleeing North Korea, Routes for All Budgets

Published: November 18, 2007, 12:00 am